Nevada Upsets Boise State 34-31 in Overtime

Nevada Upsets Boise State 34-31 in Overtime

Park the bus. Deflate the balloons. America’s darlings have fallen. Boise State kicker Kyle Brotzman missed the game-winning field goal in regulation and the go-ahead field goal in the first overtime. Nevada upset Boise State 34-31, ending their chances to play in the Rose Bowl and the BCS Title Game. They are just another WAC team, one that just cost itself millions.

For anyone who fell asleep, here’s a brief recap of events.

Nevada is down 31-24 and drives the length of the field. They score on a 7-yard Kaepernick pass to Rishard Matthews, tying the game at 31-31 with 13 seconds remaining.

Kellen Moore gets the ball back with nine seconds and one timeout from his own 37. Nevada, for some unknown reason, decide to rush four and to only play two deep. Moore completes a 54-yard bomb over the middle to Titus Young, placing them on the nine-yard line with two seconds left.

Boise State kicker Kyle, who had missed one field goal all season inside the 50, misses the 26-yard field goal (debatably because it was hard to tell with the short goal posts). Moore is robbed of his Flutie highlight. The game goes to overtime.

The Broncos get the ball first in overtime. They drive to the 12-yard-line. Brotzman lines up for the 29-yard field goal and misses again. Poor kid…

Nevada needs a field goal to win. On three plays they drive to the 17. Anthony Martnez nails the 34-yard field goal. Ball game.

First, credit the Wolfpack who were not the little sisters of the poor. Just to emphasize how much of a clueless buffoon E. Gordon Gee is. Both Ohio State and Nevada will be 11-1 after tomorrow. Using Sagarin ratings Nevada’s best three wins (Boise State 4, California 27, Hawaii 32) trump Ohio State’s best three wins (Iowa 21, Miami 30, Illinios 36). Their quarterback is also a Heisman candidate on merit.

The loss clarifies the BCS Title picture. Oregon and Auburn win and they’re in. TCU will be the first team into the game should either falter. Based on their respective resumes, it’s hard to argue that’s not fair.

For 11-1 Boise State, the loss means they will share the WAC title with Nevada and Hawaii. The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl has first WAC pick, meaning Boise State will likely face an at large team in San Francisco on Jan. 9. Yikes! Seeing his margin for error, you have to wonder if Chris Petersen will soften his dream job stance.

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Jimmy Chitwood

Like-minded BCS loathers, what do we pull for now? I still want whatever complicates matters the most.

SAfootball_fan

Wow. Looks like OSU President Gordon Gee — you know, the guy you called a “jerk-off” and a “douche” — has been proven correct. Guess when BSU is in the Fight Hunger Bowl, playing an at-large team, since the PAC 10 likely won’t have a sixth team to face the Broncs, they can sit in their hotel rooms and dream of what transpires the next day: Auburn vs. Oregon. If he was to stoop to your level, I’d expect President Gee is feeling some vindication today … as YOU are being proven to be “the douche.”

Ryan Fitzpatrick hits Patrick Fitzryan in the end zone. BILLS WIN!!

just another WAC team, one that just cost itself millions…

that the players wouldn’t get to spend anyways, so fuckit.

ubermarklar

Except that Nevada lost to Hawaii. Their next best win would be BYU (59th) giving Ohio State a slight edge.

Jimmy Chitwood

Even though Boise won’t get in because of one loss to a ranked team on the road, at least we still get to watch a Big East team play in a BCS game.

It’s really early, so you’ve got time to fix the article to have it make sense.

/We don’t give a damn for whole state of Michigan, we’re from O-HI-O

http://www.thevictoryformation.com TheVictoryFormation(Sparty)

Wally, i Ohio sucks. I am talking about the state. Construction of the busiest travel day of the year? I was stuck in traffic for an extra hour because of that stupid state’s construction. should have used the stimulus money they were given on LeBron.

http://www.thevictoryformation.com TheVictoryFormation(Sparty)

sorry, that was a low blow. but seriously, stupid construction.

http://twitter.com/TheCassino cassino

Just proof that Boise is a 7/8 win team if they played a real schedule.

angry

Couldn’t be happier. Fuck the little schools in their little conferences. Moreover, this shows that every week of the college football season is a playoff and at the end of which there is rarely more than 2 teams that have a strong claim to the championship game.

TheGilly

Auburn and Oregon is going to be a bad ass game. Does TCU even have an argument to play in this game? They don’t seem to have near the bandwagon following Boise has.

St. Bear

For 11-1 Boise State, the loss means they will share the WAC title with Nevada and Hawaii.

So Boise State goes from possible NC game to possibly not even making TBL’s playoffs.

scripty

Rich Rod Death Watch goes into effect in less than 6.5 hours.

scripty

Auburn and Oregon is going to be a bad ass game.

This is going to be real awkward when Newton is declared ineligible. Give me a full TCU team over a Newton-less Auburn.

michaele11111

A bunch of blue smurfs finally get it shoved up their butts like they deserve. The rest of college football should be embarrassed it took this to squash those little gnats.

The Bulldog

Kellen Moore is one ugly lesbian.

coop247

Its a Black Friday Miracle! I havent been this happy about a non-psu game in years. Vindication.

Three great playoff games yesterday, more clarity today, the system works.

Wally's World

Wally, i Ohio sucks. I am talking about the state. Construction of the busiest travel day of the year? I was stuck in traffic for an extra hour because of that stupid state’s construction.

I-71 and I-75 just absolutely suck during holiday travel days. Brutal. Most of it is due to the fact that so many major interstates run through Ohio to get to other places. However, there is non-stop construction too.

/It’s 9:17 and Michigan still sucks.

Wally's World

Three great playoff games yesterday, more clarity today, the system works.

Does it work if Oregon goes down next week and Auburn loses to Sakerlina? I’ll answer for you. No. And, it doesn’t work if there are 3 undefeated teams either, even if one of them is TCU.

coop247

I take it the games were too exciting for you wally? I guess playing for seeding slots instead would have made them better, we wouldnt want regular season games to have too much meaning.

DutchnKC

Wrong Wally. TCU needs to play more than 2-3 games /yr to be in the discussion.

http://joebushfreelance.com massiveheadwoundharry

god damnit. i don;t care whether there are playoffs or current system (tho i loathe the preseason rankings), but stop acting like a tough schedule earns you a NC spot, so the game will better than a blowout. once again, for the 100th time, the avg. final score diff of the BCS title game is 22.9 points. a good game is not the norm. if boise or tcu played auburn or oregon or osu or alabama, you might get a blowout, but it would be ANOTHER blowout

http://joebushfreelance.com massiveheadwoundharry

in other words, the NC game is not hallowed ground, to be protected from little-school outsiders. they could do no worse than tOSU (for one example)

http://twitter.com/#!/JHScramble Jim Harbaugh Scramble

Rich Rod Death Watch goes into effect in less than 6.5 hours.

not sure where these rumors are coming from, but he is not getting fired this season. He is coming back, Gerg Robinson will take the fall.